Dismissed student's return prompts lockout at Rockland BOCES

2:55 PM,
Jan. 11, 2013

Written by

Hema Easley

An adult education student who was kicked out of Rockland BOCES returned to campus this morning and refused to leave, causing a brief lockout.

The lockout - where nobody was allowed to enter the building - began around 11 a.m. and lasted barely 15 minutes, said Stephanie Gouss, spokeswoman for the Board of Cooperative Educational Services. Classes then resumed and the campus was back to normal, she said.

Gouss said she didn't know what course the student attended or why the student ...